Monday, April 23, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
Quotes from sermon 'The Human Schedule'
Quotes from yesterday's sermon "The Human Schedule," first in the series 'He Makes Me Lie Down': The Rest of the Christian Life. Some of these I didn't actually get around to using, but they fit well.
"Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers." – Anon
“We are embedded in time but time is also embedded in us....[We are created] to live rhythmically in the rhythms of creation." Eugene Peterson (his whole section on Creation in 'Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places' is excellent).
“I cannot make the universe obey me.” - Thomas Merton
[This is from the Atlantic article describing the cell phone going off in the middle of Wynton Marsalis' final phrase of his solo trumpet piece. After the cell rings out, interrupting Marsalis...]
"People started giggling and picking up their drinks. The moment—the whole performance—unraveled...Marsalis paused for a beat, motionless, and his eyebrows arched. I scrawled on a sheet of notepaper, MAGIC, RUINED. The cell-phone offender scooted into the hall as the chatter in the room grew louder. Still frozen at the microphone, Marsalis replayed the silly cell-phone melody note for note. Then he repeated it, and began improvising variations on the tune. The audience slowly came back to him. In a few minutes he resolved the improvisation—which had changed keys once or twice and throttled down to a ballad tempo—and ended up exactly where he had left off..."
"Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers." – Anon
“We are embedded in time but time is also embedded in us....[We are created] to live rhythmically in the rhythms of creation." Eugene Peterson (his whole section on Creation in 'Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places' is excellent).
“I cannot make the universe obey me.” - Thomas Merton
"We
have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing
either to the fact or to the guilt of a sin." – C. S. Lewis
[This is from the Atlantic article describing the cell phone going off in the middle of Wynton Marsalis' final phrase of his solo trumpet piece. After the cell rings out, interrupting Marsalis...]
"People started giggling and picking up their drinks. The moment—the whole performance—unraveled...Marsalis paused for a beat, motionless, and his eyebrows arched. I scrawled on a sheet of notepaper, MAGIC, RUINED. The cell-phone offender scooted into the hall as the chatter in the room grew louder. Still frozen at the microphone, Marsalis replayed the silly cell-phone melody note for note. Then he repeated it, and began improvising variations on the tune. The audience slowly came back to him. In a few minutes he resolved the improvisation—which had changed keys once or twice and throttled down to a ballad tempo—and ended up exactly where he had left off..."
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Resources on Christianity and Science
Since I'm preaching on Genesis 1-2 this week and next, here's some good resources on the relationship between Christianity and science.
Alvin Plantinga has a new book out about this issue called "Where the Conflict Really Lies," which I'm sure will be a definitive treatment.
Jack Collins was my Hebrew teacher during seminary and his exegesis of Genesis1-2 is the most helpful I've seen. It's found in his commentary on Genesis 1-4.
Also helpful for covering the interpretive options and providing additional support to Collins' reading of Gen. 1-2 is Vern Poythress' book Redeeming Science.
Alvin Plantinga has a new book out about this issue called "Where the Conflict Really Lies," which I'm sure will be a definitive treatment.
Jack Collins was my Hebrew teacher during seminary and his exegesis of Genesis1-2 is the most helpful I've seen. It's found in his commentary on Genesis 1-4.
Also helpful for covering the interpretive options and providing additional support to Collins' reading of Gen. 1-2 is Vern Poythress' book Redeeming Science.
New Sermon Series: "He Makes Me Lie Down" - The Rest of the Christian Life
Ok, I completely stole the last phrase of this series title from Mark Buchanan, who's book "The Rest of God," started me thinking about doing a series on this theme. Tomorrow (4/15) and next Sunday (4/22) we'll talk about the Christian form and freedom of living in time. Then we'll move on to talk about Sabbath (weeks 3 & 4), seasons (week 5), and our ultimate Sabbath rest (week 6). The sermons should be available at the Redeemer website and itunes via podcast by Sunday night of each week.
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